Prof. Dr. Eugene R. Zubarev

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsSolid State Chemistry and Surface Chemistry, Material Synthesis,Physical Chemistry at Surfaces,Preparative and Physical Chemistry of Polymers
Keywordschemistry of nanomaterials, synthesis of gold nanostructures, self-assembly, colloid chemistry, amphiphilic molecules

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityHouston
InstitutionRice University
InstituteDepartment of Chemistry

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Markus AntoniettiAbteilung Kolloidchemie, Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung, Golm
Start of initial sponsorship01/05/2015

Programme(s)

2015Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Zubarev is known for his groundbreaking work in the generation and alignment of well-defined gold nanorods and their use for a variety of actual application, e.g. in plasmonic sensing of analytes or in biomedicine. His strength is to couple fine colloid synthesis with physical phenomena, such as drying patterns and wetting of structures substrates. Recently, he extended this knowledge to other nanofibers, such as collagen. During his stay in Germany, he will continue research in this field, and we are allowed to expect exciting new materials and new effects.